A frer Drumlay was priour than off Ayr; Sewyn scor with him that nycht tuk herbry thar, In his innys; for he mycht nocht thaim let.
The secunde nycht the Scottis couth thaim draw Rycht priwaly agayne to Schortwod schaw; Tuk wp thair gud, quhilk was put owt of sycht, Cleithing and stuff, bathe gold and siluer brycht.
He prayit Wallace in Glaskow mur to walk The fyrst nycht off Julii for his salk; 980 And bad he suld bot in to quiet be, For he with him mycht bryng few chewalré.
Stewyn of Irland he was thair gyd that nycht Towart Kyncardyn, syne restit thar at rycht In a forest, that was bathe lang and wide, Rycht fra the moss grew to the wattir syde.
Fra the fyrst nycht he was tane in Scotland, 1345 Thai kepyt him in to that sammyn band.
Quhill nycht was cummyn, he buschit thaim full law 1605 In tyll a clewch ner the wattyr off Craw.
Fra Crawfurd Jhon the wattir doune thai ryd; Ner hand the nycht thai lychtyt apon Clyd: Thar purposs tuk in till a quiet waill.
Off lykly men, that born was in Ingland, Be suerd and fyr, that nycht deit fyve thousand.
The Ingliss wach, thatnycht had beyne on steir, Drew to thair ost rycht as the day can per.
Adew; as now na langar dwell I may: The donk nycht is almaist rollyt away, And the fers Orient wil at I withdraw; I feil the ayndyng of hys horssys blaw.
That by the handis of hys awyn wife The first nycht in hys palyce lost hys lyfe.
The vgsumnes and silens of the nycht 10 In euery place my spreit maid sayr agast.
Weariness and the nycht constrained thame to luge thair.
That nycht wes nether dansing nor fyddilling in the Courte; for Madame wes disappoyntit of hir purpois, quhilk wes to haif had Johne Knox in hir will be vote of hir Nobylattie.
Ledingtoune and the Maister of Maxwell [were] that nycht the two stoupeis of hir chair.
But yet thei never seased, bot nychtand day thai waitted upon the Frenche.
The horsmen nycht and day keipit watche, and did sa valiantlie behaif thameselffis, that the Frenche gatt na advantage fra that day back to the day of the assault, quhairof we shall schortlie heir.
Upoun a nycht Johne Gordoun cam with a cumpany of horsemen, took the Capitane, slew certane of the soldiouris, and disarmed the rest.
At lenth the Lord Duck his freindis assembled upoun a nycht upoun the calsey.
Efterwart again, at ther meting be nycht at the kirk of Northberick, wher the deuell, cled in a blak gown with a blak hat vpon his head, preachit vnto a gret nomber of them out of the pulpit, having lyk leicht candles rond about him.
The first nycht he lay within the toune with David Forress, now called the Generall,[363] ane man that long hes professed the trueth, and upoun whom many in that tyme depended.
For that same nycht was he apprehended, befoir mydnycht, in the house of Ormestoun, by the Erle Bothwell, made for money bucheour to the Cardinall.
The Bischopis girnell was keapt the first nycht by the laubouris of Johne Knox, who, by exhortatioun, removed suche as violentlie wald have maid irruptioun.
That same nychtdeparted from Sanct Johnestoun the Erle of Ergyle, and Lord James, as efter shalbe declaired.
When the certaintie of the disconfiture came, sche was in Edinburgh abyding upon tydinges; but with expeditioun she posted that same nycht to Stryveling, with Monsieur Dosell, who was als fleyed as "a fox when his hole is smoked.
The Erle of Anguss, and George[317] Dowglas war that nycht freed of ward, (thei war in Blakness.
The Kyng went furth wrath and angry, Menand his man full tendirly, 232 And held his way all hym allane, And richt toward the hous is gane, Quhar he set trist to mete his men; It wes weill lat of nycht be then.
Maknab, a fals tratour, that ay Wes off his duelling, nychtand day; 20 Quhom-to he maid gud cumpany.
And quhen the nycht wes fallyn wele, 735 With all thair harnas ilke deill All prevaly thai raid thair way.
The King gert thame all buskit be, For he wist in-to certante 435 That his fayis all nycht lay At the Fawkirk, and syne at thai Held toward him the way all straucht, With mony men of mekill mawcht.
Than thai persavit soyne in hy That thai that nycht wald tak herbery, And schap till do no mar that day.
And in a nycht syne and a day, Scho set hym in so hard assay, That he, with sevintene, in a bat, 645 Wes fayne for to hald hame his gat!
That nycht thai maid thame mery cher, 310 And lovit God fast of his grace.
To this haly assentit thai; And maid thame gud cher all that nycht 715 Quhill on the morn that day was licht.
That nycht thai wachit stalwardly: The mast part of thame armyt lay, Quhill on the morne that it wes day.
Be than the bowgill gan to blaw; For nychthad thame ourtane.
Yit efter the nycht cumis the glaid morrow; Quharefor, I pray yow, schaw me in certane Quhen that ye purpose for to cum agane.
She ludged and lay all nycht agane in the foresaid chalmer, and frome thence wrayt, that same nycht, the letter concerning the purpose of the abbott of Halyrudhouse.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "nycht" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
